The president of the Progressive Conservative Party’s youth wing has resigned after making an offensive comment about aboriginal people online.

Brayden Mazurkiewich posted the comment on his Facebook profile Friday, shortly after hearing news a federal court had ruled First Nations leaders need to be consulted before the Kapyong Barracks property can be sold.

“If they build a reserve inside this city I think that will be the last straw and I will finally leave what is becoming the laughing stock,” Brayden Mazurkiewich wrote on his Facebook page.

“That was built for hardworking men and women of the military, not freeloading Indians,” he later wrote.

Within minutes of the story breaking, Tory party president Ryan Matthews told the Sun he requested Mazurkiewich’s resignation Friday afternoon, deeming Mazurkiewich’s comments as “detrimental to our party.” By 3:40 p.m., he had received it.

Mazurkiewich says he's sorry for what he wrote, but by and large he's sticking by it.

"I apologize to anyone I may have offended. but at the end of the day I work very hard and I pay my taxes, and a lot of people don't," he said.

"I pay my fair share of taxes, I should be able to say what I want."

He says he'll continue using social media in much the same way — even if people get offended.

Mazurkiewich says he's certainly taking some time, the near future for sure, off of politics, but might get involved again — with the PC party.

He says he resigned out of respect for the people working at the party.

"Will I ever run for office? No. Because this would come back to bite me in the a--," he said.

But Mazurkiewich stands by his statements that are critical of a potential deal for the Kapyong Barracks.

"I just don't think it's right that this base, that was built for the men and women of our military, is going to be given to people that I think don't deserve it."

Mazurkiewich had served as the party’s youth president since February.

Michael Champagne, who was one of the first to bring the comment to light, said all Manitobans — not just Mazurkiewich — could benefit from learning more about the role indigenous peoples had in shaping this country.

"I believe that if we collectively respond to ignorance with education we can begin to address racism in Canada," he said.

Mazurkiewich said he disagrees with the idea.

"The general population has to be educated on a lot of things. So I would disagree with that. I think the general public and members of the PC party, the Liberal party, the NDP — they all have to be educated on a lot of things."

The PC Manitoba youth president has resigned after posting negative comments about aboriginal people online.

"It looks like they might be building a freaking reserve in the middle of Winnipeg," Brayden Mazurkiewich wrote on Facebook, after news broke that the Kapyong Barracks could someday become an urban reserve.

He said those buildings were for the "hard-working men and women of the military, not free-loading Indians."

Party president Ryan Matthews said the Tories asked Mazurkiewich to resign Friday afternoon, and received a letter of resignation by 3:45 p.m.

The party was working on preparing a letter in response to Mazurkiewich's comments, he said.